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good luck, the city in that city. no, they have to be part of a system being supervised with monitoring and support and training. there is a whole training program that i did not get into for outreach workers so they can do persuasion undo behavior change and they can do other changes. no, they need to be the right person and properly trained. >> we should get in touch with you. >> right. [applause] >> that ends up being the bottom line. >> good morning. i am the city of west palm beach mayor. can you talk to us a little bit about the implementation process where to start and how long it takes in, you know, a little bit more specifics about that? >> let me get mayor stephanie rawlings-blake. >> in the presentation, it was really a blueprint for the way we were handling it. first come you have to identify the areas, and we do this all the time. we identify where we have neighborhoods that have historic violence. you have to identify those intense dots on on the map. after you do that, then you have to make sure that in
good luck, the city in that city. no, they have to be part of a system being supervised with monitoring and support and training. there is a whole training program that i did not get into for outreach workers so they can do persuasion undo behavior change and they can do other changes. no, they need to be the right person and properly trained. >> we should get in touch with you. >> right. [applause] >> that ends up being the bottom line. >> good morning. i am the city of...
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city hall. that denied them permission to protest. the city has banned toy protests. [laughter] there's also the example of a town like the town -- when i say 99 cities, right, russia has very few large cities. there are only about a dozen large cities. the rest are small towns. there are places like a small town outside of moscow population 145,000. back water town. moscow sucks out everything. from the town, 120 people came out to protest. and in a town like that, these people expect to be personally known by the people who pass them on street inspect is either extreme courage or extreme confidence that the sentiment is shared by the people around them. >> we believe there's a question -- come around? gentleman here. >> you might have answered this. i was going to ask you could speak about the people of the interior the one willing to be bussed in to show support for putin and the wasn'ts who don't join the protest. what is their mood or motivation? >> what is that . >> their mood or motivatio
city hall. that denied them permission to protest. the city has banned toy protests. [laughter] there's also the example of a town like the town -- when i say 99 cities, right, russia has very few large cities. there are only about a dozen large cities. the rest are small towns. there are places like a small town outside of moscow population 145,000. back water town. moscow sucks out everything. from the town, 120 people came out to protest. and in a town like that, these people expect to be...
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you have to focus on the upper in the city if you want to live the city. we rejected them and registered new people to vote. knocked on every door. it made a difference and the fact that i am the first mayor to speak spanish speaks vot yum to spanish speaking city in the community. i remember white guy with red hair. nobody is opening door i'm crazy or mormon knocking on the door. i mean, just to be able to speak in someone's language you can connect with somebody like no other. it was important for us offer the spanish classes. it was important for me to hire the best people, but people who look like the community people they can relate to. it isn't a one-time thing all the sudden latinos and young people are voting. it's a process. i'm up for re-election again. we want to make -- really made and impact because it's not going to happen in one election. three or four elections down the road do we see higher voter participation rates from the young people in the community. those are people. and young people nationally it's not going to take one election. it
you have to focus on the upper in the city if you want to live the city. we rejected them and registered new people to vote. knocked on every door. it made a difference and the fact that i am the first mayor to speak spanish speaks vot yum to spanish speaking city in the community. i remember white guy with red hair. nobody is opening door i'm crazy or mormon knocking on the door. i mean, just to be able to speak in someone's language you can connect with somebody like no other. it was...
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you also enter your city for -- we give out climate initiative awards. all of this where we have good projects. a wonderful project. >> i am not going to continue on. what i want to leave you with is i just regret -- i'm trying not to be partisan. i am trying. i just regret the fact that we haven't been able to make enough progress on the federal level and also feel we're running out of time because we didn't renew the tax credit. didn't move forward with the renewal portfolio standard and the problem is this is all in twilight in the whole issue of global climate change and whether if israel or not. the only thing i would say is if you can't look at it from that perspective, in new jersey we can because people understand on a bipartisan basis that we have to undress the concerns of global climate change. my staff person told me -- to the right -- he said last night he walked a dog -- i wasn't in washington. last night he walked his dog at 11:00 and was 60 degrees on january 17th. to me the notion that it isn't really crazy. you can put that aside and ju
you also enter your city for -- we give out climate initiative awards. all of this where we have good projects. a wonderful project. >> i am not going to continue on. what i want to leave you with is i just regret -- i'm trying not to be partisan. i am trying. i just regret the fact that we haven't been able to make enough progress on the federal level and also feel we're running out of time because we didn't renew the tax credit. didn't move forward with the renewal portfolio standard...
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cities that provide them. our concern or shelters a very expensive and needed resource in new york city. the custer thousand dollars a month to keep the family and shelter. if we're going to take money away from the shelter system, it will have an impact on our ability to protect those families. that is our concern. not that there is a need or if they're increasing resources available we would want to invest in everyone who asked me, but our concern is taking resources away from those in the shelters. >> that really is a different issue, but i know this is something that even when we are trying to do the hard fact ticket that drew and get everybody on board was difficult, but i think everybody now realizes the importance of it and i think new york is probably doing more than a lot of the states really and programs you have. i really would like to see us all be on board with making sure that there are these barriers. would you like to make another comment? >> i have just one comment and i wanted to us and make
cities that provide them. our concern or shelters a very expensive and needed resource in new york city. the custer thousand dollars a month to keep the family and shelter. if we're going to take money away from the shelter system, it will have an impact on our ability to protect those families. that is our concern. not that there is a need or if they're increasing resources available we would want to invest in everyone who asked me, but our concern is taking resources away from those in the...
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louis city. in west virginia, they elected him governor, democratic senators, including reelecting mentioned who got 61% and yet the president topped out at 36% to 25% difference between joe manchin and the president spoke in west virginia. so just where to get your comments on ticket splitting in general and then maybe west virginia. >> i think you've got three different things in two different situations. unicom in missouri, let's face it, todd akin contaminated the environment and made it very, very hard for, you know, i think it didn't really help of the republicans in the state, and nationally for that matter. but the thing is in places like montana and west virginia, when, you know, you have democrats who could have told you on january 1 -- i'm sore, well, could have told you four years ago that president obama's going to be a liability in my state, and i'm going, i'm not going to have to put, there never will be any lack of distance between me and him at any point, and so there's no, you k
louis city. in west virginia, they elected him governor, democratic senators, including reelecting mentioned who got 61% and yet the president topped out at 36% to 25% difference between joe manchin and the president spoke in west virginia. so just where to get your comments on ticket splitting in general and then maybe west virginia. >> i think you've got three different things in two different situations. unicom in missouri, let's face it, todd akin contaminated the environment and made...
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city of l.a. and we are 54 percent of all homicides are game-related. he not only created this whole, but he also brought in all of the funding for all of the gang prevention and care for intervention programs that were scattered throughout the city and created, in essence to an infrastructure that is now staffed by 30 full staff members , led by a deputy mayor with direct access and accountability to the mayor, $24 million budget, and a very rigorous evaluation measures because 83 percent of our funding comes from the general fund. the problem has been defined repeatedly in this panel. this year we celebrated the second year of homicides being under 300. 298 homicides is too many. there are things we were doing that we are very proud of the white -- we think have been very effective, and i agree with mayor nutter, there is a lot of work that we still have to do, so i will share with you what my mandate is on behalf of the city, which is the comprehensive strategy that we implement to try to addre
city of l.a. and we are 54 percent of all homicides are game-related. he not only created this whole, but he also brought in all of the funding for all of the gang prevention and care for intervention programs that were scattered throughout the city and created, in essence to an infrastructure that is now staffed by 30 full staff members , led by a deputy mayor with direct access and accountability to the mayor, $24 million budget, and a very rigorous evaluation measures because 83 percent of...
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that gives you a profile of our city. it's a great city, a diverse city. it's my hometown and i chose back to come back to live there instead of seattle for very good reasons but there are some challenges that we have that are very unique to our city. when i look at the four sectors that are important to our city, we look at four of them. aerospace, boeing is a big giant in our backyard and we have also have a manufacturing facility in tacoma and we provide a lot of suppliers for boeing. health care is very important. i.t. and clean water. but we're going to focus today on health care. go to the next slide, please. >> i'm sorry. >> is there -- oh. >> right there. go forward right there. >> all right. i'm controlling my own destiny. so one of the things that we did with our organization is that we renamed it. this workforce central is our workforce board. and at one time it was called the tacoma pierce county workforce employment training consortium and like seven words i can't remember and i remember scratching my head saying what do they do. workforce cen
that gives you a profile of our city. it's a great city, a diverse city. it's my hometown and i chose back to come back to live there instead of seattle for very good reasons but there are some challenges that we have that are very unique to our city. when i look at the four sectors that are important to our city, we look at four of them. aerospace, boeing is a big giant in our backyard and we have also have a manufacturing facility in tacoma and we provide a lot of suppliers for boeing. health...
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we talked about the problems facing city and state and federal government. but let me raise, go back it a question or issue that jamie raised as well. not only is the current system forcing, in some cases, mandating that people die because they can't afford the treatment, and cities to bear undue financial burden u because of the high prices. apparently the system didn't doing all the that well in temples much new research and invasion. we are not seeing the kinds of breakthroughs, and i think others have mentioned, i think dr. stying ma and others have mentioned in many instances drug companies can make more money from doing products rather than invest in the most important health crisis facing americans and people all over the world. dr. love, do you want to stay a word on that? anybody. >> i'm not a doctor. i'll set the record straight on that. but, i mean, the good news is there's been about 25 different new chemical energies that have come on the market in the last 25 years. i think patients need a implicated mixture of medicines. a lot of them use four
we talked about the problems facing city and state and federal government. but let me raise, go back it a question or issue that jamie raised as well. not only is the current system forcing, in some cases, mandating that people die because they can't afford the treatment, and cities to bear undue financial burden u because of the high prices. apparently the system didn't doing all the that well in temples much new research and invasion. we are not seeing the kinds of breakthroughs, and i think...
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your city council, mayor, baker said. that's where you have to go to focus the average pc the things going on. we don't need additional federal laws to do in new orleans for you guys should be doing for yourselves. >> host: from your dave, your thoughts and syria as far as what should our world right now should be. >> guest: are both right now should be what we are doing and understand the intelligence side is what is happening in syria and where the opposition groups are, how effective they might or might not be. the defense -- i suspect the plan is being put in place and the president decide we need to do something broader than that things are doing. the human rights violations going on is incredible staff with serious killing themselves. it's an awful circumstance, but iran's hoping i'll answer that bad. so it's a tense situation. i don't think there's any harpring out to center troops and their, but that is something the president will have to chew on. >> host: combining weapons? >> guest: again, we don't see a cohesi
your city council, mayor, baker said. that's where you have to go to focus the average pc the things going on. we don't need additional federal laws to do in new orleans for you guys should be doing for yourselves. >> host: from your dave, your thoughts and syria as far as what should our world right now should be. >> guest: are both right now should be what we are doing and understand the intelligence side is what is happening in syria and where the opposition groups are, how...
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i will give you a profile of a city. it's a great city. it's a diverse city. it's a wonderful place to live. it's my hometown edge of the comeback to live there instead of seattle for very good reasons. but there are some challenges that we have the very meaning to our city. when i look at the four sectors that important to our city, we look at for them. aerospace, boeing is a big giant in her backyard and we have a manufacturing facility in tacoma. we also provide a lot of suppliers for blowing. health care is very important. i.t. and clean water. we'll focus today on health care. go to the next slide, please. >> i'm sorry. >> is there -- [inaudible] controlling my own destiny. so one of the things that we did with our organization is that we renamed it. this workforce central is our workforce board, and at one time it was called the tacoma pierce county workforce employment training consortium. [laughter] like san luis i can't even remember. and remember walking from city hall scratching my head saying what is the and what do they do? so workforce central is
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they are and what we call the inner cities which is that part of your city which has 20% poverty rate. that is about one tenth of 1% of the landmass of this country and has 31% of minority poverty in this country. in the years of 98 to 2008, when in fact we were growing jobs the regions around your cities grew over 6 million jobs and the inner cities lost 300,000 jobs. recent research we just did on small businesses within your inner cities, 71% of those small businesses are undercapitalized as compared to their peers outside your inner city. these are distinct economies. we will be sharing a lot of information about that, places we have been working as diverse as new orleans to tried -- chicago, philadelphia and new york city. quick to what we do in the cities and the information that we will be sharing with you, we help identify those industries that can specifically suited to the inner cities. we help cities align their economic levers whether that is zoning, work horse development, infrastructure improvements as well as collaborate with key private sector actors like education ins
they are and what we call the inner cities which is that part of your city which has 20% poverty rate. that is about one tenth of 1% of the landmass of this country and has 31% of minority poverty in this country. in the years of 98 to 2008, when in fact we were growing jobs the regions around your cities grew over 6 million jobs and the inner cities lost 300,000 jobs. recent research we just did on small businesses within your inner cities, 71% of those small businesses are undercapitalized as...
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in portland, 2% itself city's -- of the city's money was spent but the percent went up 140%. the gentleman madge if those bikers were in cars by themselves. congestion would have increased instead of staying constant over a ten-year period. so i am supporting an amendment that would retain the current level of funding at 2% for bike and pedestrian projects and encourage my colleagues to be smart with the federal dollar. and support this amendment. this bill, the broader highway bill, is a critical investment in our short-term and long-term economic success. over the next two years it will provide an immediate boost to a struggling construction industry, creating jobs where they are needed most and over the next generation will act as the down payment we need on infrastructure for our businesses to grow and prosper in the 21st century. i urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to continue to build support around this bill. indeed, to get this bill to the floor for consideration. while there are some in this chamber who want to fight social battles by putting unrelated am
in portland, 2% itself city's -- of the city's money was spent but the percent went up 140%. the gentleman madge if those bikers were in cars by themselves. congestion would have increased instead of staying constant over a ten-year period. so i am supporting an amendment that would retain the current level of funding at 2% for bike and pedestrian projects and encourage my colleagues to be smart with the federal dollar. and support this amendment. this bill, the broader highway bill, is a...
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cities, and cities go and there's great new cities being built, been added in other cities decline. actually if you look at michigan, detroit is a disaster area. but she got 10 miles around and there's pitiful suburbs everywhere. and it's not that bad. it's just change. and i will come back. i agree with that. you will probably get coming in now, i have a theory that within three or four years you will see huge chinese investment in land and development in this country because they're going to put their money somewhere. >> that's a good segue, rupert. the first question from the audience. thank you, appreciated. an interesting one, something i wanted to touch on. what can we learn from other countries in the way they think about immigration? other countries other than united states. what should we be learning from them? >> well, we learn anything we can if they are successful. i think what looks successful at airports not a great example. they pay a lot of money to get the very, very -- as a result they have to higher gdp per person. it's terrific. but if you look at australia, new
cities, and cities go and there's great new cities being built, been added in other cities decline. actually if you look at michigan, detroit is a disaster area. but she got 10 miles around and there's pitiful suburbs everywhere. and it's not that bad. it's just change. and i will come back. i agree with that. you will probably get coming in now, i have a theory that within three or four years you will see huge chinese investment in land and development in this country because they're going to...
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like new york city. and with that i will yield back. >> thank you. and, finally, i'd like to recognize mr. canseco for one minute for purposes of making an open statement. >> thank you, madam chair. thank you to you and mr. kerry for having this hearing. when dodd-frank was passed a year and a half ago we were promised that there would be international coordination to assure that the u.s. financial industry would not be left a competitive disadvantage. yet in the case of volcker rule, the united states finds itself charging ahead while competing markets way to find out just how big of an advantage they may have. the international context, volcker was supposed to mean one of our field of dreams regulations if we build a. they will come. if no other country has adopted ending similar to the volcker rule and as we'll hear from our second panel today, the proposed rule would have a negative impact, not just on u.s. competitiveness, not on individual investors, pensioners, and small businesses that rely on ou
like new york city. and with that i will yield back. >> thank you. and, finally, i'd like to recognize mr. canseco for one minute for purposes of making an open statement. >> thank you, madam chair. thank you to you and mr. kerry for having this hearing. when dodd-frank was passed a year and a half ago we were promised that there would be international coordination to assure that the u.s. financial industry would not be left a competitive disadvantage. yet in the case of volcker...
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it is a city teaming with people of all kinds, a city of commerce and creativity, a city of grit and greatness, and kevin white helped to make it that way. i consider it a privilege to have watched his journey, to have enjoyed his friendship, support, and counsel, and he join with so many in thanking him and his family for his service. may he rest in peace. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from kentucky. mr. paul: i ask unanimous consent that we dispense with the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. paul: mr. president, i rise today in defense of the constitution. i rise today to condemn the president for making appointments that are unconstitutional and illegal. recently the president appointed members to the national labor relations board and to the consumer financial protection agency. he did so by saying we were in recess. well, this is news to us because those of us in the senate maintain that we were never in recess.
it is a city teaming with people of all kinds, a city of commerce and creativity, a city of grit and greatness, and kevin white helped to make it that way. i consider it a privilege to have watched his journey, to have enjoyed his friendship, support, and counsel, and he join with so many in thanking him and his family for his service. may he rest in peace. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: a senator: mr. president?...
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a busy city. the rate which they did not get a heads up for. the killing of 24 of their soldiers on the border by a nato airstrike and, of course, the drug program. all these things taken together account for this 9 percent favorability rate that we have in pakistan in general. i don't think it is particularly surprising. >> i think what peter in new america half-hour with their poles and pakistan in terms of the differentiation between opposition to u.s. military intervention and a general dislike, distaste, and even in some cases on a position to that tell a ban on the local level is exactly what i saw with my interview in human. we make a big deal out of them being a muslim organization. going back to arabia. op-eds attraction. the majority are not muslims. they have a very flexible, much more easygoing interpretation. know culturally they're very different. understanding the cultural differences is important, but this is not exactly for the ground for the way that many people in the west to are not familiar with the local conditions as some
a busy city. the rate which they did not get a heads up for. the killing of 24 of their soldiers on the border by a nato airstrike and, of course, the drug program. all these things taken together account for this 9 percent favorability rate that we have in pakistan in general. i don't think it is particularly surprising. >> i think what peter in new america half-hour with their poles and pakistan in terms of the differentiation between opposition to u.s. military intervention and a...
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when i became mayor of new york city, i had a city that had a deficit of about $3 billion. we had 10.5% unemployment, we had 1.1 million people on welfare. and we were coming to what was described -- and it's probably one of the reasons i got elected, i got elected because our economy was horrible, and we had just had 2,000 murders in the two years before i ran for mayor -- so i got elected as the first republican in 25 years and first one to remain a republican in 50. [laughter] i got elected with a very, very simple and direct campaign slogan: you can't do any worse. [laughter] tell me how i can make things worse. could we go to 3,000 murders? could unemployment go to 15%? maybe instead of 500,000 people moving out, 600,000 will move out. so just give me a shot, and let's see what can happen. so my predecessor had done what a lot of people who should never be executives do, he had appointed a commission, you know, to tell him how to straighten out the economy, but the commission was going to report after the election. so the commission did report after the election, a mon
when i became mayor of new york city, i had a city that had a deficit of about $3 billion. we had 10.5% unemployment, we had 1.1 million people on welfare. and we were coming to what was described -- and it's probably one of the reasons i got elected, i got elected because our economy was horrible, and we had just had 2,000 murders in the two years before i ran for mayor -- so i got elected as the first republican in 25 years and first one to remain a republican in 50. [laughter] i got elected...
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in my city, it's 25%. nuclear power, we have not licensed a nuclear power plant other than one in the last 30 years. the others are getting real old, and there's no appetite on the part of this administration for expanding nuclear power. have you heard president obama say "expand nuclear power," and jane fonda would go crazy if she heard him say that. remember china syndrome? we're not increasing nuclear power. that cuts out 70% of our presence source of energy supply. we say no to that, coal, nuclear power. we do it now on the remaining 30%. no, we're not because about 20%-25% of that is natural gas. now, we have this wonderful rereceiver of -- reserve of natural gas we didn't know about seven to eight years ago through fracking. we can extract enormous amounts of natural gas from below the earth, and we can also get oil from that. what is china doing about fracking and nuclear power, by the way,? building 50 new nuclear power plants. we're building none. what about coal? they are burning coal. what is ch
in my city, it's 25%. nuclear power, we have not licensed a nuclear power plant other than one in the last 30 years. the others are getting real old, and there's no appetite on the part of this administration for expanding nuclear power. have you heard president obama say "expand nuclear power," and jane fonda would go crazy if she heard him say that. remember china syndrome? we're not increasing nuclear power. that cuts out 70% of our presence source of energy supply. we say no to...
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that was the city of san francisco. and what was created was an internment camp which became a staging area for the placement of japanese americans in detention camps without charge or trial for the remainder of world war ii. this was tanforan racetrack, directly south of san francisco. one sunday afternoon i was a small child in 1942 and my father took me down to show it to me. and this is what i saw. you see stalls made into bunkhouses. you see the center of the field made into barracks that have little portions for people. and you see the little places where individuals were kept. and you see japanese american citizens who have done nothing wrong, who are being interned now for three years in the remainder of world war ii. it was shocking. and then it took till 1971 for a bill to be passed and then signed by president nixon. and that bill said the following. it was very short. it was 31 years later. it was called the nondetention act of 1971. and it repealed a 1950 statute that explicitly allowed detention of united
that was the city of san francisco. and what was created was an internment camp which became a staging area for the placement of japanese americans in detention camps without charge or trial for the remainder of world war ii. this was tanforan racetrack, directly south of san francisco. one sunday afternoon i was a small child in 1942 and my father took me down to show it to me. and this is what i saw. you see stalls made into bunkhouses. you see the center of the field made into barracks that...
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next question, sir. >> welcome to the city club. i would like to find out what your background is for both of you, actually, i think the law was passed by congresswoman sutton. what your background is in the auto motive industry for the cash for clunkers. >> moderator: if you have a question in the audience, i saw a couple of people trying to signal me. you grab one of the folks with the microphone and they're standing around here. let's start with common renacci. renacci: we have washington passing bills that don't unwhat the results of them. are. my opponent will tell you about this or that. the facts are the department of labor shows that in an all august of 2009, 15,000 jobs were lost, this is a labor. 15,000 jobs were lost in auto motive, manufacturing, and parts because of the economy that the time, what was going on. my opponent will tell you -- 15,000 jobs were lost. i was a car dealer. i understand what happened. we had car sales new car sales in the sixth district in the county, six districts. so the first six months 4500
next question, sir. >> welcome to the city club. i would like to find out what your background is for both of you, actually, i think the law was passed by congresswoman sutton. what your background is in the auto motive industry for the cash for clunkers. >> moderator: if you have a question in the audience, i saw a couple of people trying to signal me. you grab one of the folks with the microphone and they're standing around here. let's start with common renacci. renacci: we have...
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strong was describing their major role is to understand how the city's, states and regions they are in our developing planning preparedness and adaptation and to assure the best information provided to them. we have seen many successes around the country on increasing the capabilities of municipal industry and what we do through the research program is to assure those have the funds to work with a network of information users. >> there was mention made by mr. strong of noaa's river forecast centers and operated by the usgs in partnership with the state's. you are aware of the network is struggling and we have lost some gauges to talk to the satellite this morning but part of the network with real-time measurements this network where we have long-term measurement crucial to understanding of our water budget and getting better predictions for floods. i wonder if you could address that. any of you on the panel. >> you raise a critical issue. the number of gauges in the united states is in decline and also in decline globally. satellite help us understand some things but one thing they won
strong was describing their major role is to understand how the city's, states and regions they are in our developing planning preparedness and adaptation and to assure the best information provided to them. we have seen many successes around the country on increasing the capabilities of municipal industry and what we do through the research program is to assure those have the funds to work with a network of information users. >> there was mention made by mr. strong of noaa's river...
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[applause] um -- >> your name and city. >> oh, excuse me. i'm here in the district of columbia, i have a homeless ministry. i also have a press pass, reverend sharpton -- >> okay. >> because i do 35 homeless magazines -- 34 homeless magazines, working on the 5th one. -- 35th one. homeless people have no voice as loud as we speak. we need to speak for ourselves. i prayed a lot this morning, reverend sharpton, because it is so hard to sit through this knowing that my own people as articulate as they say i am, i went to stuyvesant, all that good stuff, but i don't feel smart at all because the doors are closed to us. we have a vehicle, channel 32. they took lift every voice and sing off a long time ago, the all-star thing with lou gossett and, you know, everybody, bobby brown. how do we get lift every voice and sing back on the air, create a 24-hour talk-a-thon, whatever you want to call it, we can do a fund raiser and get everybody's voices heard? because i'm just so tired of everybody speaking for me and turn around and say, oh, you're so sma
[applause] um -- >> your name and city. >> oh, excuse me. i'm here in the district of columbia, i have a homeless ministry. i also have a press pass, reverend sharpton -- >> okay. >> because i do 35 homeless magazines -- 34 homeless magazines, working on the 5th one. -- 35th one. homeless people have no voice as loud as we speak. we need to speak for ourselves. i prayed a lot this morning, reverend sharpton, because it is so hard to sit through this knowing that my own...
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city. i just wanted to leave that with you. way back i think, way back in march, eric and chris and i made a visit to el paso, a field visit for purposes of research on this project if we met with a number of major stakeholders in the region including the fbi, border patrol, field operations, those are the folks in the blue uniforms as opposed to the border patrol which wears the green uniforms. they operate between the ports of entry. met with state prosecutors on the mexican side. our esteemed friends in chihuahua state congress as well, and as was a gentleman named jorge. jorge is a furniture industry executive who runs, coordinates what they call -- [speaking in spanish] >> this is an effort that arose out of very dangerous security situation in late 2010, and is noted for its input from local, state and federal actors, as well as folks in civil society. basically what they were trying to do, one thing at their try to do is a stuffed the baseline, a statistical baseline to look at just
city. i just wanted to leave that with you. way back i think, way back in march, eric and chris and i made a visit to el paso, a field visit for purposes of research on this project if we met with a number of major stakeholders in the region including the fbi, border patrol, field operations, those are the folks in the blue uniforms as opposed to the border patrol which wears the green uniforms. they operate between the ports of entry. met with state prosecutors on the mexican side. our...
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and one last question could be why the focus on city council. i just want to ensure that's the proper body to reference in the document. >> the gentleman has been heard. mr. perkins, i'll come to you in a moment. ? >> madam chair. thank you. i have a point of order. i'm curious as to where the previous gentleman's amendment went. did he withdrawal it? whoever one . >> it was not accepted by the author. >> i understand that. did he introduce that as an amendment then. >> no. he offered . >> he's gone. okay. guess not. we can move on. if you wish to add to the amendment. if it was not accepted as friendly. he would have to write it. we would accept. >> thank you. >> mr. perkins? >> thank you madam chair. both of these deal with second amendment cases. the heller case specifically dealt with gun control in the district of columbia finding the right of citizens to possess firearms. the city of d.c., which as jux diction will be overcoming by up with the proper procedures by which people can have and possess firearms has drug their feet in doing so m
and one last question could be why the focus on city council. i just want to ensure that's the proper body to reference in the document. >> the gentleman has been heard. mr. perkins, i'll come to you in a moment. ? >> madam chair. thank you. i have a point of order. i'm curious as to where the previous gentleman's amendment went. did he withdrawal it? whoever one . >> it was not accepted by the author. >> i understand that. did he introduce that as an amendment then....
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city with high prevalence. [applause] that's thegood news, 600,000 infections were averted by prophylaxis. but we still have a challenge to at least 330,000 new infections in 2011 alone. what about male circumcision? this is a stunningly successful intervention. the trial in south africa, kenya and uganda shows advocacy than in the compliance of the trial, it were. the real question is, was at work in the field? and matter-of-fact, uniquely this is one of the few prevention interventions that actually gets better with time because the initial result was 60% if you go to the district and uganda five years out, the effectiveness in the community is 73%. good news and challenge him is of mixed results, the capricious study proved the concept, you can have a one man mandated intervention when you adhere to it. this study and the press study has been soberly told us something. biological interventions work, but they don't work if you don't adhere, which tells us why we have to marry biological with behavioral. there
city with high prevalence. [applause] that's thegood news, 600,000 infections were averted by prophylaxis. but we still have a challenge to at least 330,000 new infections in 2011 alone. what about male circumcision? this is a stunningly successful intervention. the trial in south africa, kenya and uganda shows advocacy than in the compliance of the trial, it were. the real question is, was at work in the field? and matter-of-fact, uniquely this is one of the few prevention interventions that...
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this happened in eight cities. has there been any out actually came out of that? has been any real follow-up? pictures the challenge of the way government works, when you leave, you really leave. so, the honest answer is i don't know. the idea, you get all these ideas, have been found in both to the present that was going to go in, but also going to feed into this larger innovation policy process. the process which will include this meeting in boulder and this conference here, at the end of the there'll be a report to congress on innovation policy. so i think when i was here i tried to make a point, judge whether they got it by that policy proposals to congress in the end of the year. there may well be things the president's speech, like he's giving a tonight, to talk about job creation and entrepreneurship that emerge from this process. part of this challenge and policymakers is different streams of information come in and sometimes different ideas get reinforce in different concepts. so i do know that people were hurt, the ideas were developed. i don't know exac
this happened in eight cities. has there been any out actually came out of that? has been any real follow-up? pictures the challenge of the way government works, when you leave, you really leave. so, the honest answer is i don't know. the idea, you get all these ideas, have been found in both to the present that was going to go in, but also going to feed into this larger innovation policy process. the process which will include this meeting in boulder and this conference here, at the end of the...
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more than 130 rhode islanders lost power, and eight cities and towns were forced to implement evacuations. the whole state will be affected by the as of yet unknown millions in damage and lost business. but rhode island is resilient. some businesses hit hard by sandy and the subsequent nor'easter have already reopened. others are working hard to reopen soon. here we can see the atlantic avenue from the sky, and the owners of paddy's beach restaurant here as well as their neighbors all along the beach are determined to reopen for the summer tourist season. i remember walking through this little notch here with the owners of paddy's and looking at this scene of devastation beside and the owner saying that's not so bad. we can rebuild. we'll be back on our feet in no
more than 130 rhode islanders lost power, and eight cities and towns were forced to implement evacuations. the whole state will be affected by the as of yet unknown millions in damage and lost business. but rhode island is resilient. some businesses hit hard by sandy and the subsequent nor'easter have already reopened. others are working hard to reopen soon. here we can see the atlantic avenue from the sky, and the owners of paddy's beach restaurant here as well as their neighbors all along the...
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the city on the massachusetts border, second-largest city in the state. is a very white state, but we try with this tradition to represent the entire country. issues of diversity are very important here. we are one of wooley five states in the entire country that allow same-sex couples to get married. we are the only state in the country where a sitting governor signed that bill into law. number of states have court decisions to bring that about and also had governors who were no longer in office bring that about. so that is certainly an example of diversity inclusion that new hampshire is very famous for. has a very libertarian, very yankee live and let live do your own kind of things streak in new hampshire and that hasn't changed. i thought senator santorum during a town hall meeting in brentwood last night made a fierce defense of the republican party and its support for african american voters. he talked about the fact that the urban congressman and senator in pennsylvania that he leverage over $1 billion to historically african-american colleges. th
the city on the massachusetts border, second-largest city in the state. is a very white state, but we try with this tradition to represent the entire country. issues of diversity are very important here. we are one of wooley five states in the entire country that allow same-sex couples to get married. we are the only state in the country where a sitting governor signed that bill into law. number of states have court decisions to bring that about and also had governors who were no longer in...
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were built deutsch to the wealth and the cities are acknowledging this in the history of the city and the institutions they are building. but what was so fascinating was that the person who posted us, the person that fought for the mayor of the city and said 1,180 ships built into the slave trade to west africa and the caribbean louisiana it is built along the river by the shipbuilders are still there and the descendants of the families still live there and the city is now confronting its past it's probably a thousand feet long memorial along the river with the names in bedding and a monument of all of the ships built and the names of the destinations and africa. there's a colloquium on slavery in the past. i spoke fair and everyone tony to win the presidential election would become either prime minister of france for minister of foreign affairs. happy to be in france for the election on may 6th. his first trip he said would be to speak with angela merkel and the day he went to visit she announced indeed the champion of telling the history of the slavery of the city was the main primm
were built deutsch to the wealth and the cities are acknowledging this in the history of the city and the institutions they are building. but what was so fascinating was that the person who posted us, the person that fought for the mayor of the city and said 1,180 ships built into the slave trade to west africa and the caribbean louisiana it is built along the river by the shipbuilders are still there and the descendants of the families still live there and the city is now confronting its past...
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this takes a consortium of companies in order to do it, and it takes going city by city by city, driving best practices and driving information. so health care cost, and this helps small businesses and big businesses alike. so this is extreme important that the private sector gets actively involved in driving and when health care costs. and improving wellness, quality and access at the same time. a similarly in energy, you know, i think this approach, and people save more and more of being all in on energy. is extreme important for the u.s. today. unit, i think, when i think about energy, i think about a resource endowment, i.e., do you have natural resources at your disposal, and they created endowment. you have intellectual capability that can drive energy, innovation and i think to a large extent the u.s. has both. we have a resource endowment as measured by a boom in natural gas, with shell gas and other finds the u.s. has an incredible abundance. in corridors we have great wind. look at kind of the central corridor to the west. we are probably the best way to do power generation of
this takes a consortium of companies in order to do it, and it takes going city by city by city, driving best practices and driving information. so health care cost, and this helps small businesses and big businesses alike. so this is extreme important that the private sector gets actively involved in driving and when health care costs. and improving wellness, quality and access at the same time. a similarly in energy, you know, i think this approach, and people save more and more of being all...
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secondly, sanctuary cities, cities need to comply with federal law, and so we need to end sanctuary cities, and in state tuition for illegal '80s but again we need to eliminate magnets that get people into this country illegally. thank you spent the gentlelady yield's back. is there further discussion? [inaudible] >> the question has been called for all in favor of calling the question say aye. all opposed? question has been called for. we are now on gr 10. the amendment has read and explained and discussed, page seven, line 23, mr. kobach's amendment that all those who are in favor say aye. all opposed? the amendment has been adopted. at this time we move to mr. kempton with gr 20, same line of the text. spent appreciate your time, madam chair but i would like to thank mr. kobach for all his efforts on illegal immigration. it is a huge problem for arizona and i recognize that. and hope that he continues in his efforts. i would just make a suggestion to the same area, that we give consideration to those that are in this country illegally since childhood, due to no choice of their own, and
secondly, sanctuary cities, cities need to comply with federal law, and so we need to end sanctuary cities, and in state tuition for illegal '80s but again we need to eliminate magnets that get people into this country illegally. thank you spent the gentlelady yield's back. is there further discussion? [inaudible] >> the question has been called for all in favor of calling the question say aye. all opposed? question has been called for. we are now on gr 10. the amendment has read and...
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to work throughout the city. we do that a few weeks before the election. we are also responsible for compiling all of the data at the end of the night, taking all of the paper work and reporting to the secretary state's office. >> what type of training do you do for the official as a moderator, those folks who are trying to keep the voting process going smoothly? >> we have over 200 election officials in the city. we break the training of into their individual roles. a lot of the election officials have done this for years, but we keep them up-to-date with the new election laws and refresh their memories. it could be months between elections, so we do a really good job here. >> what is the role of the moderator? >> the chief election official at the word. they run the election here at the polling center. >> you talked about the ballot. the polls opened this morning here at the mcdonough school at 6:00 a.m. what kind of a close, and what happens next? >> the polling place closes at 7:00 p.m. at that time it will t
to work throughout the city. we do that a few weeks before the election. we are also responsible for compiling all of the data at the end of the night, taking all of the paper work and reporting to the secretary state's office. >> what type of training do you do for the official as a moderator, those folks who are trying to keep the voting process going smoothly? >> we have over 200 election officials in the city. we break the training of into their individual roles. a lot of the...
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that is the love cities and you get along for a little while. but guess what? a week, a month later he's going to put you back in the hospital and he's going to promise that that's going to be the last time. but guess what? as soon as you heal up, you're going to find yourself back in that same situation. so, at some point you will either die or make the choice to stay in abusive relationship or make a choice to leave. and what i'm saying is that people of color need to make the choice to leave. and i'm going to -- [applause] i'm going to give just a couple more minutes and give a suggestion and i am probably going to get into a little controversy with somebody on the panel but i'm going to try to get to it. step number two, we need to get ready to be yet if justice does not come in the trayvon martin case, we need to prepare now to engage in non-violent constructive movement forward. we just need to start sending that message out and get i don't know what's going to happen, but we've seen what's happened in the past, and we can get angry and upset because it d
that is the love cities and you get along for a little while. but guess what? a week, a month later he's going to put you back in the hospital and he's going to promise that that's going to be the last time. but guess what? as soon as you heal up, you're going to find yourself back in that same situation. so, at some point you will either die or make the choice to stay in abusive relationship or make a choice to leave. and what i'm saying is that people of color need to make the choice to...
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he was born in kansas city, missouri. he earned his bachelor's degree in political science from the university of kansas. we don't hold that against him. he got his law degree from the thurgood marshall school of law, texas southern university. when he graduated, he became the attorney advisor for the litigation branch of the federal bureau of prisons in the department of justice here in washington and judge wimes represented the bureau in civil actions by inmates throughout the country. in 1995 he left the bureau and became an assistant prosecuting attorney for the jackson county prosecutor's office in kansas city. beginning in 2001, judge wimes served as the jack son jackson y drug court administrator for more than five years. the drug courts in our state and other places have served a good and ingtsand integral role in cg drug use. it allows nonviolent, first-time offenders to participate in an outpatient program rather than face prosecution and more than 1,200 people have graduated from the jackson county drug court.
he was born in kansas city, missouri. he earned his bachelor's degree in political science from the university of kansas. we don't hold that against him. he got his law degree from the thurgood marshall school of law, texas southern university. when he graduated, he became the attorney advisor for the litigation branch of the federal bureau of prisons in the department of justice here in washington and judge wimes represented the bureau in civil actions by inmates throughout the country. in...
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holyoke is a rich history and is the first city to the committee to make papers we are the paper city. like a lot of cities on the northeast we move the industrial city but folks came in to holyoke and a lot of the factories moved overseas. the unemployment rate is larger or how your domestic and national average about 50% of the population is latino and mostly puerto rican defense and very diverse city as well. so i got elected last november and there's four of us in the election the nonpartisan from the local level to start against each other in november and i went with 53% of the vote and became the mayor in january at the age of 22 and i turned 23 and i will be 24 in january so i quickly getting up there. [laughter] it is a very stressful job, but also very, very rewarding. there's nothing more special than being the mayor in a city that you were born and where your family still lives and your friends are there and the school he went to, your teachers come and i still teaching in the public schools given my age i've experienced superintendent as my principal in high school. so it'
holyoke is a rich history and is the first city to the committee to make papers we are the paper city. like a lot of cities on the northeast we move the industrial city but folks came in to holyoke and a lot of the factories moved overseas. the unemployment rate is larger or how your domestic and national average about 50% of the population is latino and mostly puerto rican defense and very diverse city as well. so i got elected last november and there's four of us in the election the...
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judge russell currently sits as a trial judge in the baltimore city circuit court. judge russell is an excellent candidate. he received bipartisan support from the judiciary committee, is ready to take office upon the confirmation of the senate. judge russell brings a wealth of experience to this position in both state and federal courts. earlier in his career, he served as a federal prosecutor and as an attorney in private law practice. he now sits as a state court trial judge in maryland. judge russell graduated from morehouse college with a b.a. in political science and a j.d. from the maryland law school in 1991. he passed the maryland bar and was admitted to practice in maryland in 1991. he then clerked for chief judge robert bell in the maryland court of appeals, which is our highest state court. he worked as a litigation associate for two years at hazel thomas and then briefly at whiteford taylor. he then served as an assistant u.s. attorney for the district of maryland from 1994-1999, handling civil cases. in that capacity, he represented various federal gov
judge russell currently sits as a trial judge in the baltimore city circuit court. judge russell is an excellent candidate. he received bipartisan support from the judiciary committee, is ready to take office upon the confirmation of the senate. judge russell brings a wealth of experience to this position in both state and federal courts. earlier in his career, he served as a federal prosecutor and as an attorney in private law practice. he now sits as a state court trial judge in maryland....
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my name is jack from traverse city michigan. in your very interesting exchange with a bass tournament in foreign about afghanistan, you make a very strong case that we need a political transition in 2014, but what i don't see in any other writings on this subject is why we need to to four years of combat operations and deaths to american soldiers and allied soldiers during that period. i do see that our soldiers are making any headway, other than trying to afghans, which more or less is working. and i don't see, i think they're making actually, they're going backwards. they are creating more animosity with the afghan people, so why can't we stand down earlier and this can she do that training and stop the combat operation? >> thank you so much. >> i wish we could but i don't think we can. and i think there's three things that our military is doing that need to be done. one is, you know, you can't train an afghan army if you're throwing them into the front line and putting them into combat before they're ready. so it takes time t
my name is jack from traverse city michigan. in your very interesting exchange with a bass tournament in foreign about afghanistan, you make a very strong case that we need a political transition in 2014, but what i don't see in any other writings on this subject is why we need to to four years of combat operations and deaths to american soldiers and allied soldiers during that period. i do see that our soldiers are making any headway, other than trying to afghans, which more or less is...
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own city in mind. i agree, 50 million pounds will be available for smaller cities, too, and the fastest digital speeds in the world available in our cities with the most connected countryside in europe, the most created digital continent everywhere. that is what a modern industrial policy looks like. and the business secretary and i have asked michael to review by the autumn how government spending departments and other public bodies can work better with the private sector on economic development. from liverpool to canary, michael knows how it's done. and, of course, these projects succeeded, these projects succeeded because they were not killed off by the planning system. you can't earn your future if you can't fete planning per -- get planning permission, and global businesses have diverted specific investments that would have created hundreds of jobs in some of the most deprived communities in britain to countries like germany and the netherlands because they can't get planning permission here. that
own city in mind. i agree, 50 million pounds will be available for smaller cities, too, and the fastest digital speeds in the world available in our cities with the most connected countryside in europe, the most created digital continent everywhere. that is what a modern industrial policy looks like. and the business secretary and i have asked michael to review by the autumn how government spending departments and other public bodies can work better with the private sector on economic...
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we all play different roles, but we play this toward the same goal, in churches, whatever city you're in, no that in a choir your different people saying different things, different, they have different talents. some baritone, some outcome. some soprano. some can't sing it all. they just move their lips. [laughter] but it takes all that to make a choir. so you have melanie campbell and ben jealous and my next speaker, who we tried to sing in harmony and keep the movement going. and i bring to you one of the tallest trees in our community, a brother who has been consistent and persistent, and plays his role better than anyone i know. one where on the front line, he supports his and he will go on the front lines. he's in the corporate boardroom. we support them in a broader role. we all know our strength, and we all know how to back up where we are not as strong, because the team wins again, not just a show off player. and he's been the mayor of new orleans. ea has now served -- he has now served many years successfully as the president of the national urban league, our friend and broth
we all play different roles, but we play this toward the same goal, in churches, whatever city you're in, no that in a choir your different people saying different things, different, they have different talents. some baritone, some outcome. some soprano. some can't sing it all. they just move their lips. [laughter] but it takes all that to make a choir. so you have melanie campbell and ben jealous and my next speaker, who we tried to sing in harmony and keep the movement going. and i bring to...
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in this city with hard prevalence, there has not been a child born hiv infected since 2009 in a city with high prevalence. [applause] that's the good news, that 600,000 pediatric infections were averted by propose lactics. but we still have a challenge. there are 330,000 new infections in 2011 alone. what about male circumcision? this is a stunningly successful intervention. the initial trials in south africa, kenya and uganda show efficacy, that in the confines of the trial it works. the real question is, will it work in the field? if as a matter of fact, uniquely this is one of the few prevention interventions that actually gets better with time. because the initial result was 55-60%. as you go to a district in uganda five years out, the effectiveness in the community is 73%. topical microbicide, good news and challenging news. the capricious study proved the concept you can have a women-mandated intervention by a gel that has tenofovir. when you adhere to it, this study and the prep study has been soberly -- [inaudible] biological interventions work, but they don't work if you don
in this city with hard prevalence, there has not been a child born hiv infected since 2009 in a city with high prevalence. [applause] that's the good news, that 600,000 pediatric infections were averted by propose lactics. but we still have a challenge. there are 330,000 new infections in 2011 alone. what about male circumcision? this is a stunningly successful intervention. the initial trials in south africa, kenya and uganda show efficacy, that in the confines of the trial it works. the real...
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secretary panetta's remarks came yesterday in new york city. >> frank, five words. you deserve to be here. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, it is now and high honor to introduce the most talented, versatile, and experienced leaders in american government, a man who serves our country by meeting the extraordinary challenges of our times. i am sure secretary of defense, leon panetta thinks on his days in the u.s. army intelligence where he received the army accommodation metal. he chaired the house budget committee before moving on to be the director was office management budget. from there, president clinton tapped him to be white house chief of staff. as directer of central intelligence, leon pa panetta me many critical decisions, but more recently, one particularly outstanding, and a public contribution to the defense of the united states of america, and to our very own new york city. he oversaw the successful and daring mission that ended the life of one osama bin laden. [applause] thank you, mr. secretary. the persistence, courage, and tenacity required to accomp
secretary panetta's remarks came yesterday in new york city. >> frank, five words. you deserve to be here. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, it is now and high honor to introduce the most talented, versatile, and experienced leaders in american government, a man who serves our country by meeting the extraordinary challenges of our times. i am sure secretary of defense, leon panetta thinks on his days in the u.s. army intelligence where he received the army accommodation metal. he chaired...
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workers from the citnusuk corporation, the vitas ma reason, the city of nome -- marine, the city of nome, the state of alaska and others who played their part. even the researchers who flew aerial drones to inspect ice conditions in advance of the approaching vessels. together they proved winter operations are possible even in the most challenging circumstances. madam president, i speak today not just to congratulate all those who pitched in to help refuel this community but to consider its broader implications and lessons. first, america is antarctic nation -- is an arctic nation. the respects of cities like nome and kotzebue and barrow and numerous smaller villages thrive in the often challenging but rich art particular environment. the alaska native peoples have thrived in the arctic for generations, for thousands of years, living off the resources of the land and sea. second, the arctic offers much to our nation. its offshore oil and natural gas our most promising energy province, which is actively being considered by the industry. trade routes over the top are increasingly being exp
workers from the citnusuk corporation, the vitas ma reason, the city of nome -- marine, the city of nome, the state of alaska and others who played their part. even the researchers who flew aerial drones to inspect ice conditions in advance of the approaching vessels. together they proved winter operations are possible even in the most challenging circumstances. madam president, i speak today not just to congratulate all those who pitched in to help refuel this community but to consider its...
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but in this city, government and community leadership has been reinvigorated. around both testing and testing strategies they are making a difference. since 2007, there has been a threefold increase in the number of people being tested every year. a tenfold increase in the number of condoms distributed every year, 3003 nato's distributed every year and 90% of people who test hiv-positive in washington d.c. seah.there within three days. hardback president obama's administration was the first to develop a comprehensive strategy for the domestic epidemic. the affordable care act, which thank god the supreme court upheld will provide public. [cheers and applause] defending that he and secretary sebelius submitted this week to close the list is very important and i want to just emphasize something else that in the context of the united states can be huge. you all know that when i do proxy work around the world in our foundation does, we use generic drugs and dave made a huge difference. and pat for money cannot be used to buy those drugs, first because eric goolsby
but in this city, government and community leadership has been reinvigorated. around both testing and testing strategies they are making a difference. since 2007, there has been a threefold increase in the number of people being tested every year. a tenfold increase in the number of condoms distributed every year, 3003 nato's distributed every year and 90% of people who test hiv-positive in washington d.c. seah.there within three days. hardback president obama's administration was the first to...
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jones, city manager, riviera beach from florida. she's producers as the cement for rivera beach, a city that has 7% african-americans, particular work as city manager in june 2009, she served as deputy counsel, county manager. also assistant county manager for seven years. she played a key role in the developing of the county's overall budget, was totaled nearly $1 million. this jones convinced that riviera beach is the right place at the right time but she says i think all of us together, even in these challenging times we can show strength and work to create long-term success. ruth c. jones. [applause] >> emily murphy, senior counsel small business committee. senior counsel to the committee on small business in the u.s. house of representatives, specializing and contracting and workforce issues. this is her second time with the committee. she worked in government contracting, lending and telecommunications issues in the 1990s. she has focus on federal procurement issues, most recently spending four years as chief counsel and vice
jones, city manager, riviera beach from florida. she's producers as the cement for rivera beach, a city that has 7% african-americans, particular work as city manager in june 2009, she served as deputy counsel, county manager. also assistant county manager for seven years. she played a key role in the developing of the county's overall budget, was totaled nearly $1 million. this jones convinced that riviera beach is the right place at the right time but she says i think all of us together, even...
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when we saw the protests in the cities in the urban cities such as holmes there was no surprise because these areas rose up in the insurrection in the late 70's and early 1980's. the sunnis were very upset because the regime from the northwest areas where they dominate the areas so they were usurping a lot of their privilege. but now when we see protests in the rural sunni areas that were of the regime's support and there was a lot of trouble for the regime. we shouldn't estimate the seen how one of the regime many people still support it. people don't want instability. a lot of people don't understand what the revolution is about. when i was in the province, there were certain areas that my friends didn't want to take us because they said they were either pro regime and these were sunni villages, we are not talking about the minority villages. from time to time the regime is on the brink of collapse. the regime can still use its air power. the core support for the regime are still there. the levels are very good. they know how to fight and sustain. there is coordination between the dif
when we saw the protests in the cities in the urban cities such as holmes there was no surprise because these areas rose up in the insurrection in the late 70's and early 1980's. the sunnis were very upset because the regime from the northwest areas where they dominate the areas so they were usurping a lot of their privilege. but now when we see protests in the rural sunni areas that were of the regime's support and there was a lot of trouble for the regime. we shouldn't estimate the seen how...
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they have a power base in that city. so if we will see several key regions going into the opposition's column i think that will be a game changer. and one of foremost experts on russia here in washington has a paper coming out where he writes about this. he compares this slate of opposition victories at local and regional level we're already seeing unfold to the, loss by several communist party secretaries in 1989. in the first partially free, partially competitive elections of soviet congress. came as a shock to the civil. suddenly these dozens of communist bosses lost those votes. and that was very important kind of initial breaking point. he compares what is going to happen, already beginning to happen what will happen in the coming months to what happened back in '89. i think it is safe to assume russia is on the verge of some very big and important changes and very interesting place certainly to watch in the coming months and years. and once again, thank you very much for hosting this event. i look forward to our di
they have a power base in that city. so if we will see several key regions going into the opposition's column i think that will be a game changer. and one of foremost experts on russia here in washington has a paper coming out where he writes about this. he compares this slate of opposition victories at local and regional level we're already seeing unfold to the, loss by several communist party secretaries in 1989. in the first partially free, partially competitive elections of soviet congress....
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the second example comes from a southeastern city. throughout the nidis cooping with drought research efforts. they worked with a water shed decision of alabama. we have 53,000 residences. to reduce the impact of drought. in march of 2011, based on the information the city issued to manage water demand. as a result of the proactive response the water supply was not greatly affected. city uses the seasonal drought information and demand management on an ongoing basis. many other examples of research product development and early warning exist. as acknowledged by the partner and state in regional and federal offices the research, data, and outlooked supported by nidis such as the drought in 2011 to twflt significantly improve planning and coordinate relative to that of previous events. tire toth nidis information. it is strongly dedependent on enables capabilities these include the usda national resources natural resources conservation smack. the usgs water smart efforts, stream flor and reservoir levels from the u.s. army corp. of year
the second example comes from a southeastern city. throughout the nidis cooping with drought research efforts. they worked with a water shed decision of alabama. we have 53,000 residences. to reduce the impact of drought. in march of 2011, based on the information the city issued to manage water demand. as a result of the proactive response the water supply was not greatly affected. city uses the seasonal drought information and demand management on an ongoing basis. many other examples of...
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it's been going on for nearly three years, and city after city after city that i've talked to find that about 90% of all the homeless persons they've been serving did not fall back into homelessness once they got the short term assistance. this assistance can be three, six, nine, 12 months. so it's not an expensive intervention. it doesn't take an enormous amount of services, but he seems to be having incredible, great success. that's one of the examples i want to get about we need to be thinking creatively about using different interventions because budgets are tight. we have been essentially flat funded at hud, about 1.9 billion for three years in a row. so we are having to dig deeper into thinking how can we move the needle i'm ending homelessness over all, in a particular veteran homelessness by 2015, if we don't have a lot of new resources. and if doing things like being smart about how we use to transfer program, more creative using resources like rapid rehousing, and then tracking the performance over time to ensure that we're actually getting the outcomes that we are expecting.
it's been going on for nearly three years, and city after city after city that i've talked to find that about 90% of all the homeless persons they've been serving did not fall back into homelessness once they got the short term assistance. this assistance can be three, six, nine, 12 months. so it's not an expensive intervention. it doesn't take an enormous amount of services, but he seems to be having incredible, great success. that's one of the examples i want to get about we need to be...
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so that's big for any city, anywhere in the world. and how that came about was the partnership between, obviously, the companies driving it, number 1, but the state and local level coming together with incentives, tax incentives to make the transition much easier for them and then, frankly, a wonder partnership between the companies and their organized labor as well which basically resulted in a two tier labor system compensation system. which some people are critical for -- or critical about but the bottom line for a two-tiered system which you're not talking about having either a $25 an hour a job or 15-hour an you are job or you're talking about a 15-hour job or a zero-an hour job. it's the recognition for a global standard for productivity, quality and safety. so the state and local governments come together in that partnership with government and labor to make it happen on the local level. >> and i'd echo that to a large extent. in colorado as you mentioned doesn't start from a high level in terms of manufacturing experience. but
so that's big for any city, anywhere in the world. and how that came about was the partnership between, obviously, the companies driving it, number 1, but the state and local level coming together with incentives, tax incentives to make the transition much easier for them and then, frankly, a wonder partnership between the companies and their organized labor as well which basically resulted in a two tier labor system compensation system. which some people are critical for -- or critical about...